by Jeff Bryant | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog
While progressives lament their recent failure in an Illinois primary to knock out Dan Lipinski – a conservative, anti-abortion, Congressional Democrat who voted against the Affordable Care Act – they mostly fail to note where and how they won elsewhere in the state....
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
Despite the strong marketing for "school choice" by politicians and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, communities that know firsthand what it's like to have lots of "options," like charter schools and vouchers, have found what's more important is to have a...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog
True to form, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos's testimony before Congress this week was yet another example of how her utterances about American public education and her governance over the system send people into fits of frustration and outrage. Appearing...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog
The revolution may not be televised, but it is happening in public schools. This is evident in the growth of student and teacher actions across the country, from walkouts to strikes. This shouldn't be surprising to anyone who's been paying attention. Public school...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog
In the much-written-about 60 Minutes interview of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos by CBS reporter Lesley Stahl there was a telling exchange when Stahl queried DeVos on whether she had visited any “bad schools.” DeVos replied, “I have not intentionally visited...
